In other words, the court never did say it was a charter right. My next question is to Cardinal Collins. Cardinal, you spoke about the need for conscience protections. I'd like to ask you about conscience protections for faith-based health care institutions. There are some who are not supportive of conscience protections for faith-based institutions. They seem to distinguish between health care providers as individuals on one hand and institutions on the other. In so doing they characterize institutions as bricks and mortar. This view seems to be inconsistent for example with the pronouncement of the Supreme Court in the Loyola decision wherein Justice McLachlin recognized that under section 2 health practitioners and institutions are intertwined when it comes to freedom of religion and freedom of conscience. I was wondering what your comments might be on those who would say health care institutions are merely bricks and mortar, and therefore are not worthy of conscience protections.
On May 3rd, 2016. See this statement in context.